From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101231 Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 12:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 31, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Huber M.Huber Ech,DIS --:-- --:-- H.Weaver H.Weaver,C.Lisse, SPIcam --:-- --:-- Y.Fernandez INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH05/R 17:16 00:00 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH06/R 00:00 06:57 4.6 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Ice on the lightning arrestors meant that we couldn't open except perhaps in very low wind conditions. Low wind never happened, and it was also cloudy most of the time with persistent nearby radar returns. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 13 9 31 283 (WNW) 2168 cloudy lt snow 17:00 12 11 32 280 (W) 3334 cloudy lt snow 18:00 11 9 23 269 (W) 867 cloudy humid 19:00 10 6 31 283 (WNW) 801 cloudy humid 20:00 8 4 16 304 (NW) 1005 cloudy humid 21:00 6 4 17 312 (NW) 520 cloudy humid 22:00 6 3 20 315 (NW) 553 cloudy humid 23:00 6 0 17 333 (NNW) 913 cloudy none 00:00 6 -1 24 309 (NW) 687 cloudy none 01:00 6 -1 17 303 (WNW) 836 cloudy none 02:00 6 -1 9 1 (N) 584 cloudy none 03:00 7 -2 21 336 (NNW) 636 cloudy none 04:00 6 -8 20 341 (NNW) 429 cloudy none 05:00 6 -9 20 315 (NW) 505 cloudy none Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.4